Panorama Ridge Secondary’s junior band, among many others, jazzed up the 31st annual Envision Jazz Festival
Friday at Surrey’s Sullivan Heights Secondary. The festival, which also filled the adjacent Bell Performing Arts Centre
with music from Thursday to Saturday, welcomed nearly 2,000 young musicians from around the region, making it
the largest event of its kind in Canada. See more photos online, or using your Layar app. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

The Surrey RCMP is reviewing a coroner’s inquest
jury’s recommendations following the tragic death
of a young Surrey woman who was struck down by a
Mountie’s patrol car on King George Boulevard.
“We respect the inquest verdict and its
recommendations,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet.
He added they will “require some time” to review.
“We are looking at all the opportunities to improve
on the policing service.”
Ashley Christine Guiboche, 18, was killed shortly
before midnight on Jan. 31, 2011 while jaywalking
across the boulevard, near the King George SkyTrain
Station. The northern strip of King George in Whalley
is notorious for collisions involving pedestrians. Four
pedestrians have been killed along the strip in the past
few years.
The three-day inquest, presided over last week by
coroner Vincent Stancato, heard that Surrey RCMP
Const. Albert Luk had been travelling about 90
kilometres an hour, in response to a call about a stolen
vehicle, when his patrol car hit Guiboche.

‘Childish’
shirts take
shot at city
Website owner thinks parody is hilarious
but Hayne says Surrey jokes getting old
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Surrey is still trying to shake
its reputation as one of Canada’s
most crime-riddled cities
following a series of controversial
T-shirts that are making the
rounds online.
At the end of January, the City
of Surrey sent a cease-and-desist
order meant for Don Pitcairn,
the resident behind T-shirt
parody website surreyshirts.
com, opposing several shirts on
his website that purportedly put
Surrey in a poor light.
The designs included such
slogans as “The Future Dies Here”
– in reference to the city’s motto
– and “Better Safe than Surrey,”
which was brandished with

six bullet holes next to a semiautomatic pistol.
“‘The Future Dies Here,’ that
shirt has an anti-gun, anti-gang
message to it,” said Pitcairn, who
learned about the letter after it
was addressed to Jason Arsenault
of surreyclothing.com, another
resident who designs edgy Surreythemed shirts.
“We thought it was kind of
ironic that the city would take
offence to it, especially considering
we had five gun murders
supposedly all linked to organized
crime in January alone.”
The order cited trademarks on
the city’s current logo, including
“the future lives here” tagline,
as well as the historic “Welcome
to Surrey” beaver logo, which
appeared in similar designs on two
other shirts. The order called for
ceased production and sale of the
merchandise and that all existing
products be removed from the

Don Pitcairn has designed several T-shirts to which the City of Surrey has taken offence. The city issued
a cease-and-desist letter, but recently retracted it after it was leaked to the public. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)
website and destroyed.
“To say that they think they
have copyright protection on the
logo that we designed that has
a handgun, they’d better have a
Glock 9mm on the Surrey signs
in order to say that,” said Pitcairn.
“That shirt has a message and
maybe they just didn’t get it.”
When asked about the parody
of the city’s logo, Coun. Bruce
Hayne – whose former company
thornleyHAYNE Creative
Communications designed the
city’s current logo and tagline
– called the redesign “unfortunate”
and “childish.”
“It goes to a lack of taste and
a lack of judgment,” said Hayne.
“What we created six or seven
years ago as the new brand of
Surrey, I think, is holding up
extremely well.”

While he acknowledged that
parody is permitted under law, he
finds the slogans themselves to be
worn-out potshots at the city.
“Surrey now is being seen as an
up-and-coming and exciting place
to be, so I don’t think those old
Surrey jokes of 20 years ago are
applicable at all today,” he said. “I
think people will see it for what
it is, and it’s, as I said, a rather
sophomoric and sad attempt at
humour.”
Pitcairn said that while he
believes more and more people
are proud to be from Surrey,
its reputation for crime is still
relevant today.
“Surrey, unfortunately, is
synonymous with gangland
shootings,” said Pitcairn, adding
that Surrey’s reputation for gang
violence is known across Canada.

“This is something that we need to
take control of.”
He added that he felt the logos
produced for Surrey Shirts were
distinguished enough from the
originals that any legal action
against his website would be
outside the city’s copyright, or
that his work would be protected
under political satire. He claims
to have used different fonts in the
lettering of the designs, among
other changes.
“You copyright your logo, not
similarities,” he said.
In the wake of widespread
media coverage, the City of Surrey
has backed down on the ceaseand-desist order. The city’s legal
department has not yet responded
to the Now’s requests for an
interview.

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Flustered Dhaliwal quits, saying ‘we are all human’
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Sukh Dhaliwal announces he is dropping out as a B.C. Liberal MLA
candidate on Friday afternoon in Surrey. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

Former Surrey Liberal MP Sukh
Dhaliwal dashed out of his own
press conference Friday afternoon
– with cameramen chasing him
out to the parking lot.
This was after reporters
peppered him with questions
about when he first found out
charges had been laid against him
and his wife under the Income

Tax Act, and when he told the B.C.
Liberal party about it.
Dhaliwal had called the press
conference to announce he was
dropping out as the B.C. Liberals’
MLA candidate for SurreyPanorama Ridge in the coming
provincial election.
He said the past few days had
been “extremely difficult” for
himself and his family, after news
of the charges broke on Thursday.
“I want to make sure I take
care of the outstanding matters
that are in front of the courts,” he
said. Dhaliwal noted that people
who seek public office have to
be committed to the highest

standards of behaviour.
As an MP, he said, “I lived those
principles.”
He said he didn’t want this
matter to be a distraction for the
governing Liberal party as it heads
into the May 14 election.
The press conference started
to go sideways for Dhaliwal after
one reporter bluntly asked him
how a former MP, who has run
a company, and been an MLA
candidate for the B.C. Liberals,
could end up in “this holy mess.”
“We are all human beings,” a
flustered Dhaliwal replied.
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Surrey Liberal MLA Dave Hayer is still
playing coy concerning rumours he’s
planning to take a run at federal politics in
the 2015 general election.
“In response to rumours that I will
be running for office in the next federal
election, slated for 2015, I want to confirm
that at this time I am devoting all of my
attention to my current role as MLA for
Surrey-Tynehead,” Hayer told the Now on
Friday.
“However, over the past couple of years
I have been approached many times, by
many people, to seek a seat as a Member
of Parliament. I have considered those
suggestions carefully.”
Last July, Hayer, the veteran MLA for
Surrey-Tynehead revealed he would not be
running for office in the provincial general
election this coming May 14.
“Part of that decision was that if reelected as MLA in May 2013, then I decided
to run federally in 2015, I would have
triggered an expensive bylection, which
I believe is the wrong thing to do for my
constituents,” he explained Friday.
Last summer, Hayer was non-committal
about rumours he was considering running
under the Conservative banner in Surrey in
2015, and remains so today.
Still, rumours have persisted concerning
his alleged intentions, and are all over the
map. By some accounts he’s eyeballing
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Liberals about
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Dhaliwal said he wasn’t aware of the charges until after
he was acclaimed as candidate. A party press released dated
Oct. 31, 2012, said he’d been acclaimed. He said the charges
arise from difficulty obtaining information from other
sources, but didn’t elaborate on that.
“There’s no tax evasion, just income tax filing,” he said.
Friday’s press conference was at the Grand Taj Banquet
Hall in Newton, where less than a week earlier Dhaliwal and
Premier Christy Clark had glad-handed with a crowd of
nearly 800 of Dhaliwal’s supporters during his $125-a-plate
campaign fundraiser.
The B.C. Liberal Party, at Clark’s direction, sent out a
press release Friday morning that Dhaliwal’s candidacy was
under review by a committee bearing the unwieldy title
of Candidate Approval Subcommittee of the Provincial
Election Readiness Committee. Sam Oliphant, a spokesman
for the party, wouldn’t discuss who’s on the committee or
when the review was expected to conclude.
“We don’t release that information,” he said. The party’s
press release stated that Dhaliwal disclosed his “legal
situation” to party officials on Wednesday.
Several hours before Friday’s press conference, Dhaliwal’s
campaign manager Al Payne told the Now that the
beleaguered politician was “in good spirits.”
Dhaliwal told the Now last Thursday that he didn’t know
he was facing six charges under the Income Tax Act when
the B.C. Liberal Party chose him to be its candidate for
Surrey-Panorama in the coming provincial election.
The former Liberal MP for Newton-North Delta and his
wife, Roni, have been charged with failing to comply with
the Income Tax Act in connection with Genko Consultants
Inc., of which Sukh is president and Roni is the secretary.
Sukh faces six charges, and Roni, 14.

The jury heard Luk did not have his lights or sirens on
and seconds before the crash had been distracted by a
message on his car’s mobile data terminal.
The jury found that Guiboche’s death was accidental.
It made six recommendations; one being that the City of
Surrey, ICBC and TransLink “find a solution to the serious
jaywalking problem” on King George Boulevard between
98th and 100th avenues, and that an overhead walkway
over the King George and a crosswalk at 98B Avenue be

considered “a priority.”
The jury also recommended that Mounties receive
more frequent training concerning the Motor Vehicle Act
and emergency driving regulations, and that the RCMP
programs its patrol car equipment to transmit audible
text of all incoming messages that would enable the
officers to respond verbally and hands-free while driving.
Luk still serves with the Surrey RCMP.
He had been with the RCMP for two years at the time
of the collision.

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The RCMP and city hall honoured Surrey’s 86
auxiliary constables as the “ultimate volunteers”
Thursday, during a ceremony at Eaglequest
Coyote golf course.
The auxiliary constable program has been
running in Surrey since the 1960s and is the
biggest in Canada. The auxiliaries are uniformed
volunteers and serve alongside Mounties.
Last year, they volunteered more than 20,000
hours all told, with two of the auxiliary constables
volunteering more than 800 hours each and nine
volunteering more than 500 hours.

“Auxiliary constables are an integral part of
our crime reduction strategy, strengthening
bonds with the community and helping our
citizens get involved with strategies that support
crime prevention initiatives,” said Surrey RCMP
Chief Supt. Bill Fordy. “Since the 1960s officers
in Surrey have had the privilege of working
alongside these dedicated men and women.”
Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said the city is
“extremely fortunate to have such a strong and
committed auxiliary constable team.”

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of traffic crashes at Scott Road and 96th Avenue.
Surrey Mounties are investigating. Cpl. Bert Paquet said
that shortly before 9 a.m. Friday a Honda Accord’s engine
caught fire after the car rear-ended a Volvo that had stopped
in traffic, waiting to make a left turn.
The bus driver then came to the rescue. He parked his
bus, grabbed his on-board fire extinguisher and began
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FAMILY DAY WEEK FEB 11 – 15

Man attacks sex worker
Surrey Mounties are hunting for a man who beat and
tried to sexually assault a sex worker in Whalley on Feb. 1.
An olive-skinned man driving a new grayish-purple
Honda Civic picked up the 33-year-old woman near
University Drive and 105th Avenue sometime between 1
and 2 a.m. that morning.
He took her to an alley at 132A Street and 100A Avenue
where she was attacked but fought back and escaped.
Police said her attacker looked “European,” was about 21
years old and five feet eight inches tall, and had dark curly
brown hair with highlights, and brown eyes. He was cleanshaven, well manicured and was wearing a tracksuit.
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The Surrey and Burnaby boards of trade are calling
on the provincial and federal governments to make
childcare more affordable – not just in their respective
cities, but across the country.
The Surrey Board of Trade hosted the second annual
Business and Families First Dialogue last Tuesday to
discuss ways to lower the cost of quality childcare to
$10 per day in an effort to help
working parents achieve healthy
work-life balances. The aim is
to decrease stress and increase
productivity for career-minded
parents, and also to reduce the
impact that looking after a child
has on their work.
“What we’re asking the federal
government to do is to change
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how they create their budget
to improve efficiencies so that
there is a childcare policy in place for Canada,” said Anita
Huberman, CEO of the SBoT. “There’s nothing existing
at this point in time.”
According to SFU, the average monthly cost of
childcare for infants and toddlers is $1,200, while
children between the ages of three and five cost about
$809 per month for childcare.
The recommendations for more affordable childcare
were drafted by the SBoT’s Social Policy Team and
presented to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in
2012. However, the chamber noted it didn’t want to
increase taxes for businesses and sought other sources to
fund the subsidies.
Surrey-Panorama MLA Stephanie Cadieux, who is
also the Minister of Children and Family Development,
attended the dialogue to brainstorm ways to reduce the
cost of childcare.
“She did indicate that because of the current
fiscal situation of the B.C. government that the first
recommendation was to reform the childcare subsidy
system so that parents pay no more than $10 a day,
making it free for families earning less than $40,000 a
year,” said Huberman.
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to accommodate childcare-related requests,
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“I feel a little bit more confident that we
will be taken seriously,” she said. “We have
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us up. There are small steps in terms of
changing the philosophy, the mindset on
creating childcare policies in the province.
This is an opportunity for B.C. to really take a
leadership role.”

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Surrey principal among Canada’s top educators
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A Surrey principal has been named one of
the top principals in Canada for 2013.
Strawberry Hill Elementary’s Raminder
Randhawa recently learned he was selected
as one of the top 51 educators in the
country for 2013 Canada’s Outstanding
Principals, an annual program put on
by The Learning Partnership, a national
education advocacy group.
Randhawa, who was nominated by his
staff prior to Christmas, said the selection
reflects more on his school than on him as
an individual.
“As you know, schools are places where
teams of teachers and educators work very
hard to help kids learn, help them make it
in life and I am just sort of a cheerleader
in the back who supports these teams of
educators,” he said.
“The selection is a tribute to the people
I work with because a principal is just one
part of a school of teachers that work very,

Strawberry Hill Elementary’s Raminder Randhawa is one of Canada’s top principals.
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very hard and I am just proud to be part of
that team.
“I’m honoured, and at the same time,
humbled by the selection.”
For being selected, Randhawa will join
the other winners from across Canada in
Toronto later this month for a gala awards
dinner.

The principals will also participate in a
special training program during their trip, a
leadership program from the University of
Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
“There will be a whole bunch of
workshops and further opportunities to see
where one can cheerlead and support other
educators,” said Randhawa.

The win comes in Randhawa’s second
year at the helm of Strawberry Hill
Elementary and prior to his current stint, he
was principal at Cougar Creek Elementary
for five years.
According to Akela Peoples, president and
CEO of The Learning Partnership, the yearly
awards are a chance for leaders in education
to get the recognition they deserve.
“Behind every great school is a great
principal who is not only an outstanding
educator, but an excellent manager and
leader,” said Peoples.
“We are thrilled to be recognizing these
individuals as examples of excellence in
public education.”
But while Randhawa is grateful for the
recognition, he reiterates that it’s not his
award alone.
“I honestly feel it is a tribute to the team
I work with and really important to honour
their work,” he said.
“As the systems are set up it’s only one
person that gets recognized, but I cannot
overemphasize the fact that the parents,
teachers and the various professionals that
work with the schools is part of this. It’s all a
collaboration.”

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ancient Norse craft and interact with Vikings!
Saturday, February 16
1:00pm-4:00pm
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5 sessions $35
8-12yrs
Thu, February 14
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Discover what it takes to be a curator. Learn
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exhibit panels. Then curate a fossil exhibit that
will be displayed in the museum.
1 session $17
9-12yrs
Sat, February 23
10:00am-12:30pm

Learn what archaeology has taught us about
Vikings by touring the feature exhibit. Then go
digging for Viking tools and jewellery in the
museum’s ‘excavation site’.
1 session $10.25
7-10yrs
Sat, March 2
10:30am-12noon

Work as a team to solve tricky tests, complete
Norse tasks, figure out Viking riddles and
uncover clues around the Surrey Museum’s
exhibit gallery to win the competition!
Afterwards, reward yourself with hot pizza and
a cold pop.
1 session $20.50
10-14yrs
Fri, March 22
5:00pm-8:00pm

Baldwin was thankful for the
award.
“I am honoured to receive a
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal,” he said.
“White Rock is a spectacular
place to live, with a strong
sense of community. It has
been a pleasure to dedicate
such a large part of my life to
this wonderful place.”
The Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal was
created to honour Canadians
who have made significant
contributions to their
communities and countries as
a whole.
The award was created to
coincide with the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee beginning
last year, and will see a
total of 60,000 Canadians
recognized during the yearlong
celebration.

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White Rock Mayor Wayne
Baldwin is the most recent
recipient of the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Medal.
Baldwin was nominated for
contributions made to White
Rock and the region as a whole
by the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities (FCM).
Prior to becoming mayor,
Baldwin served as the city
manager for a number of years
and the award is meant to
recognize his role in ensuring
the prosperity and high quality
of life for the citizens and
visitors of White Rock.
“Your peers in local
government across the country
admire your accomplishments
as a community leader, and
congratulate you on earning
this prestigious award,” read a
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anything we’ve seen recently.
Polls indicate there is a
mobile bloc of “protest”
voters who are upset at the
B.C. Liberal government
for a number of reasons,
and are willing to consider a
variety of alternatives when
it comes to marking their
ballot.
The NDP seems to
have attracted the highest
number of disaffected B.C.
Liberal supporters, but
public opinion can evolve
fairly quickly during an
election campaign and it
can head in unforeseen
directions.
For example, during the
1991 election campaign the
ruling Social Credit party

fell apart in a very public
way and the B.C. Liberals
came out of nowhere to the
point of almost winning the
election itself.
Thousands of people
deserted the Socreds but
were unwilling to switch to
the polar opposite NDP and
settled on something else.
If the B.C. Liberals don’t
get their act together and
win back a significant
number of those people
who have turned their
backs on them, I suspect
the B.C. Conservative Party
and in particular the Green
Party will be the prime
beneficiaries.
As well, there are four or
five independent candidates
who either stand a decent
chance of winning or at the
very least playing spoiler.
The independents are:
Vicki Huntington (Delta
South), Bob Simpson
(Cariboo North), John
van Dongen (Abbotsford
South), Arthur Hadland
(Peace River North) and
Moe Gill (Abbotsford West).
It would appear that
Huntington has the best
chance of being elected,
since she’s already proven
she can be elected as an
Independent.
I would rank Hadland,
who took almost a third of
the vote in 2009, as standing

the next best chance of
winning (he’s campaigning
partly on his opposition
to the Site C dam project,
which will stand him well
with voters in the Peace
River region).
I wouldn’t count van
Dongen out either. He’ll be
in a tight three- or fourway race where a relatively
low vote count can prove
victorious.
The Green Party may
prove to be the most
interesting group to watch.
It is perfectly positioned to
attract voters who are fed
up with the B.C. Liberals
but are not willing to throw
their support behind the
NDP.
The Greens are like a
novelty act. There’s no harm
in voting for them even if
you don’t like their platform
since they have no hope
of forming government. A

vote for the Greens can be a
protest vote of sorts.
The Greens almost won a
federal byelection recently
in Victoria, which was
supposed to be a cakewalk
for the NDP. The party
attracted support from the
other three main federal
parties.
In fact, the capital region
is fertile ground for the
Greens and it is where the
party will likely post its
strongest showing.
Two ridings in particular
are ones to watch.
In Saanich North, the
Green candidate is Adam
Olsen, a popular local
councillor and small
businessman. The word is he
has ex-B.C. Liberal political
staffers volunteering for
him, while the B.C. Liberals
can’t even find a candidate
(it’s also worth noting this
riding elected federal Green

Party leader Elizabeth May).
In Oak Bay-Gordon
Head, noted climate change
scientist Andrew Weaver
is the star Green Party
candidate. In both ridings,
a lot of votes would have
to swing away from the
B.C. Liberals and go to the
Greens for either candidate
to win, but it’s certainly
possible.
I’d be surprised if the B.C.
Conservatives have the same
potential attractiveness as
the Greens. But in some
pockets of the province the
party will likely do better
than it did in 2009, to
the detriment of the B.C.
Liberals.
Add it up, and there’s a
decent chance of anywhere
from two to a half-dozen
seats going to someone not
running for the NDP or the
B.C. Liberals.

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It will be interesting to
see if the B.C. Liberals can
maintain internal caucus
discipline in the upcoming
legislative session. The
party’s majority has
narrowed to just four seats
(plus the Speaker).
Luckily for the
government, there’s not
expected to be a lot of votes
since there won’t be a heavy
legislative agenda.
But there may be
opportunities for the NDP,
sensing there may be one
too many B.C. Liberal MLAs
away from the legislature,
to spring the occasional
trap and embarrass the
government by winning
votes on procedural
motions.
Keith Baldrey is chief political
reporter for Global BC
Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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Re: “Autism treatment: take a number,”
the Now, Feb. 5.
It is sad to see that 11 years after my son
was officially diagnosed with autism, people
are still struggling to have their children
diagnosed and waiting for services.
My son, who is almost 17, was diagnosed
when he was six years old. He finally started
to speak in sentences after his fourth year
but the social skills were just not there.
Now in high school, he has trouble
socially – peers reject him because he is
different. The kids that were his “friends” in
elementary school pretended not to know
him or bullied him as soon as they hit high
school, which is sad.
We had him in social groups and did
everything that we were told to do to help
him. We had to fight for every support
with the Surrey school district in the early
days and spent countless hours in meetings
trying to get help at the school level with
that $18,000 that the school system provides
for autistic kids.
What a fight. It turned us into bitter,
anxiety ridden, crazed people. And the
$6,000 to help him at home we had to
navigate as best we could. In our experience,
the behaviour interventionists were little
more then special babysitters and we did not
find them online – they were provided by
agencies.
Over the years, we have realized that no
matter what we did, our son had autism
and that was never going to change. Yes, he
can talk and he is doing well in school and
is on track to graduate, but everything else
that comes with autism is still there and will
never go away. No amount of stressing out
and fighting will change that.
The province needs to set up a better
system for autism funding/help – like
a centre where families go to in their
communities. These centres should provide
them with diagnosis, a behaviour plan

Christine Long spent two-and-a-half years waiting to get her non-verbal autistic son
Finn intensive speech therapy. Their story appeared in the Feb. 5 issue of the ‘Now.’ If you
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as what should be done (speech therapy,
behaviour therapy, etc.) and then go from
there. Parents should not be left to figure
out on their own and have to wait on
ridiculously long waiting lists.
We have accepted the fact that our son’s
life will always be different from others his
age. With this we have let go and let the
cards fall where they may.
All that is important to us now is that he
is happy and safe. No amount of therapy
made any difference in his life. Our days of
stressing out are long over and because of
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Residents needed
more casino notice
The Editor,
Re: “Gateway wants to clarify history of
casino saga,” the Now, Feb. 7.
Many residents of South Surrey were
not aware of this proposal – whatever press
releases, surveys or impact assessments

that were done by Gateway, BCLC, Surrey
city hall or the provincial government were
obviously not open enough.
To satisfy all concerned parties, awareness
of impacts on the community from such
projects as a casino should not be just a
small notice in some local newspapers.
For subdivisions and small road changes
this form of information is acceptable.
Something like this casino altering a quiet
rural neighbourhood obviously should have
had a mail-out to all the local residents. A
mail-out was sent to less than 20 adjacent
residents. Maybe 5,000 to local residents
would have been more appropriate.
The other part of this complex stated
South Surrey needs a hotel and conference
centre. Well, there is one at the other side
of Highway 99 on King George Boulevard
– The Pacific Inn.
Maybe James Chen recalls at our local
residents meeting, there were close to
500 hundred people inside one of the
Pacific Inn’s conference rooms. Adequate
and comfortable in its size to inform you
and BCLC “you are not welcome in our
community.”
Martin Cooper, Surrey

The Editor,
Re: “Another bridge flaw,” the Now, Feb. 5.
Jatinder Sandhu is correct – HOV drivers
must use 156th Street in order to be in the
HOV lane and receive the HOV discount
when they pass under the toll gantry.
What I’d like to point out is these new
dedicated HOV ramps are designed to
complement the larger improvements of
the 152nd Street Interchange.
In fact, I expect many HOV drivers will
prefer using the new 156th Street ramps
over the traditional entrance and exit at
152nd Street.
The 156th Street interchange is a brand
new set of on- and off-ramps built to
provide fast, efficient and convenient access
to the Highway 1 HOV lane for HOV
vehicles. 152nd Street has traditionally been
one of the busiest interchanges on the Port
Mann/Highway 1 corridor, and giving HOV
vehicles their own, dedicated ramps at
156th Street makes Highway 1 access from
Surrey more efficient.
These new HOV ramps are less than
a minute away from 152nd Street, and
entering and exiting via 156th shouldn’t add
any additional travel time for most drivers.
Having HOV traffic use these new ramps
will also take some pressure off the 152nd
Street interchange, which has been one of
the primary causes of the traffic bottleneck
at the east end of the Port Mann Bridge.
The new wider bridge, a new 152nd
Street interchange and HOV access via
156th Street are all working together
to clear what was once the worst traffic
bottleneck in B.C.
The new HOV and transit ramps at
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and transit investments included in the Port
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When Rahul was born at Surrey Memorial
Hospital in 2008, new mom Nina Aurora only
saw her baby for a few seconds before he was
rushed out of the room.
Rahul was born five weeks early, and among
the congenital problems he faced right off the bat
was esophageal trachea, meaning his esophagus
was attached to his windpipe instead of being
a fully connected canal between his mouth and
stomach.
Soon Rahul had an operation at B.C. Children’s
Hospital to correct the condition and had a
feeding tube inserted into his stomach, which he
still has and will for some time yet.
Aurora, a mortgage broker in Surrey, said it was
“stressful for the first few years. He was also born
without a spleen.”
That fact was mentioned in passing when
they were preparing to check Rahul out of the
hospital. Without a spleen the baby had no
immunity or ability to fight off common bacteria.
“For the first two years I kind of hibernated at
home,” said Aurora. “I didn’t go out much, didn’t
let my older son go to preschool or anything
because I was afraid of what he’d bring home. I

had to be very careful for the first two years.”
At two years, Rahul was able to get a
vaccination to help protect him from the most
common forms of bacteria.
But to make matters worse, Aurora and her
husband split up shortly after Rahul came home
from the hospital.
“Financially, I took such a bit hit that I started
to panic because his supplies are so expensive,”
she said.
For example, Rahul’s feeding machine costs
more than $2,000, each daily feeding bag is $10
and then there is the formula, she noted. If the Gtube comes out, they need to rush to the hospital
to have it replaced, which costs about $300.
“Those kind of costs for a single mom are
hard,” she said. “They’re hard for a working
family, never mind a single mom.”
Aurora said her doctor helped her to apply for
various kinds of assistance and programs, but “I
just kept missing them by a hair.”
Eventually, Variety - The Children’s Charity
approved Aurora’s application.
“I don’t even have words to explain what they
did for me. I needed them and they came through
for me, and I get overwhelmed even today when I
think about it.”
Variety covers supplies for Rahul and that has
lifted one of Aurora’s main stressors, she said.
Once she knew her baby’s special needs were
met, she could pay the rent, groceries and other
basic needs for her and her two children without
fearing the worst.

I needed them and they came
through for me, and I get
overwhelmed even today
when I think about it.
One thing Aurora emphasized is that the
people at Variety are a joy to deal with, and they
never judge her for needing a helping hand.
Asking for help is tough, she said, especially for
someone who came from a well-off home.
Just recently Aurora took a huge step in
deciding to share her story at a Variety event.
Public speaking was a bit scary, never mind
sharing her family’s story, but she did it because
she wanted others to know how much the
charity means to her family.
“It would really help if other moms come out
because it helps other people understand what
(Variety) does do for people like me, and it
shows that the work really does help.”
She may have a chance to share her story
again at the 47th annual Show of Hearts
Telethon on Feb. 16 and 17. It is the signature
fundraising event for Variety. Last year’s
telethon brought in nearly $7 million.
The Global BC broadcast will feature a
mix of concerts and interviews with Chantal
Kreviazuk, Adele, VH1 Divas, Rihanna, Paul
McCartney, Justin Beiber, Elton John and
Michael Bublé.

ccooke@thenownewspaper.com

Ricky’s restaurant in
Central City is holding
its annual fundraiser for
Variety’s upcoming Show of
Hearts Telethon.
The fundraiser, held
during restaurant hours
on Feb. 16 and 17, features
raffles with great prizes
like signed sports jerseys,
a laptop and other items
donated by the owner, and
his friends and family.
Avtar Bains, who owns
the Central City eatery, said
that for every order made
during those two days, they
donate $5, no matter how
much or little the cost.
“A lot of our staff will
also donate their hours
for the weekend as well,”
he said, and that money
goes into the donation to
Variety.
“Of all our achievements
– and we’ve had record
sales every year – this is our
baby,” said Bains.
Even some staff who
no longer work at Ricky’s
come by to lend a hand on
the Variety weekend.
Bains explained that his
drive to help others started
at a young age when his
grandparents took him and
his siblings to a downtown
drop-in centre to hand out
homemade Indian meals
or hundreds of hotdogs to
needy people.
Over the past seven years
of annual fundraisers for
Variety, Bains and the
staff at Ricky’s, which is
managed by his son, have
netted more than $55,000
for Variety.
On the morning of
Sunday, Feb. 17, they
will make the official
presentation of more than
$11,000 from last year’s
event that will be shown
live on the Show of Hearts.
And, of course, you
will be able to watch the
broadcast at Ricky’s in
Central City.
Bains is encouraging
everyone to stop by at any
time during the telethon
weekend and “have even
toast just to make us donate
$5 on your behalf.” Their
goal is to beat last year’s
total and every little bit
helps.

Carolyn Cooke

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Jennifer MacDonald is
preparing herself for 48
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smiles when she does this
year’s Climb the Wall event
in Vancouver on March 3.
She’s a first-time Climber
attempting the charity
fundraiser in honour of her
late mother, who would have
turned 63 today (Feb. 12).
The annual event, in
its 12th year, benefits BC
Lung Association research,
education and advocacy
programs.
MacDonald and her two
“Stair Hogs” teammates
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Parker – are closing in on
their current goal to raise
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MacDonald’s mother
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mom, Agnes Felder, was also
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at around the same time.

“I’m walking more, and
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Grade 12 student Bea Venzon created the
official T-shirt design for Anti-Bully Day
events on Feb. 27.
the anti-bullying movement, Venzon said
the issue was one that struck her as being
something that could be changed, with a little
effort.
“It’s just that bullying is one small thing that
could have lifelong repercussions for people
so preventing it would have such an impact on
someone’s life,” she said. “Nobody deserves to
get bullied for their race, sexual orientation,
financial status, disability, gender, religion,
perceived subculture or for anything at all.”
Following her final year in high school,
Venzon hopes to pursue sciences at postsecondary, but said she’s still interested in
continuing to be active in social advocacy.
“I’m going into the sciences but things like
art and film are a hobby to me and people
in the group and that’s how we choose to
present our ideas,” she said. “I’m still looking
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With that in mind, the Grade 12 student
created an image of two hands forming a
heart shape. This past week, that image was
selected out of 400 to be the official T-shirt
design for this year’s Anti-Bullying day in
Surrey on Feb. 27, and that design will go on
to be worn by more than 10,000 people.
For the 17-year-old Venzon, the selection
was unexpected, to say the least.
“I was quite surprised because it was very
last-minute (and) I only started working
on it the night before the deadline,” she
said, laughing. “I found it quite interesting
because fists are a symbol for traditional
schoolyard bullying, and the fact that you can
use the same appendage for spreading peace,
acceptance and friendship.”
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Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet will be
taking a day off work Thursday to sing for
sweethearts across Metro Vancouver.
It’s a Valentine’s Day ritual of his, as a
member of The Gentlemen of Fortune choir.
On Feb. 14 each year, members of the group
split into barbershop quartets and sing love
songs for a fee, with part proceeds going to
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and
local youth singing programs.
For as little as $50, it’s a one-of-a-kind gift
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of the music. “I’ve always found it intriguing
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be delivering roses
to unsuspecting
people on Valentine’s
Day as part of a
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florist located in the
Boundary Park area
of Surrey. (Photo:
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On a grey Monday afternoon, the lyrics of
the bright number “Red, Red Robin” fill a hall
in North Delta – over and over again, with
some stumbling over a line or two.
On stage, five women – Dorothy Perkins,
Bernadette Ray, Alannah Jacques, Doris
Carruthers and Penny DeSanto – are
coached along by Marilyn Remus, the new
artistic director of the Vaudevillians seniors’
entertainment troupe.
“I throw quite a bit at them sometimes,”
Remus said later, “and for some of them it’s
hard to sing the words and do the motions at
the same time. But they’re getting it. These are
seniors, bless their hearts.”
Remus has clearly given new energy to
the troupe, which will celebrate its 10th
anniversary with a big show in November.
At the moment, Remus is honing some of
the song, dance and comedy numbers the
Vaudevillians will perform at a variety of

Marilyn Remus (foreground), new artistic director with The Vaudevillians, relaxes for a
moment while the seniors’ entertainment troupe rehearses a number on a recent Monday
afternoon at Kennedy Seniors’ Recreation Centre in North Delta. (Photo: TOM ZILLICH)
places this spring and summer.
“We’re drinking Geritol,” Remus said with a
laugh. “They have a lot of energy, I gotta give it
to them, but it’s about putting that energy into
the number, to best reflect it.”

Remus recently moved back to B.C. from
Florida. In the U.S., she toured the country for
two decades as director and choreographer
with the Rogers company. Last spring, she
saw a newspaper story about the troupe and

decided to get involved behind the scenes.
Pat Trimble, who dances and sings with
the Vaudevillians, said Remus has definitely
brought great energy to the group.
“Marilyn can really connect with the
people here, and she knows how to tell you
that you’ve done something wrong without
making you feel bad about it – you get the
message in a good way,” Trimble said. “She’s
very, very good at what she does.… It’s just so
invigorating working with her.”
Likewise, Remus is enjoying the experience
of directing the two-dozen Vaudevillians.
“It’s been a difficult time for them, having
lost a director and some challenges that way,
so they need that solid support, and I hope I
give that to them,” said Remus, who lives in
New Westminster. “You know, they’re so good
to me; I don’t have a car and they’ll come pick
me up (for rehearsals at Kennedy seniors’ rec
centre) and bring me home again.”
From January to June, seniors are welcome
to audition for the busy troupe.
“We invite them to come here and see what
we do, on any Monday from 1 to 4 p.m.,”
Trimble said. “Every year, we lose a few people
and gain a few. That’s just the reality of it.”
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“The problem is we don’t recognize it
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There are different
kinds of memory, such as
episodic versus working
memory (remembering
where you were on 9/11
versus remembering your
shopping list), and some
are quite stable throughout
one’s lifetime.
There are plenty of
things that can interfere
with memory though, and
most can be addressed
in one way or another.
For example, some
medications cause memory
problems as a side effect,
as do poor diet, being
dehydrated, prolonged
stress or anxiety, sudden
illness like the flu, and even
a poor night of sleep.
One thing O’Connor
suggested seniors do is
“brown bag” it at your next
doctor’s appointment. This
is when you bring along
a bag with the bottles of
everything you take, even
the over-the-counter drugs
and supplements, and have
your doctor review them
with you.
People can also have
a medicine review with
their pharmacist, she
said. To do this, make an
appointment, at which you
will go over every single
thing you take, including

over-the-counter drugs,
vitamins and supplements
and prescriptions. The
pharmacist will know if
there are any that cause
memory problems as a side
effect, as well as if there are
any that have problematic
interactions.
O’Connor also had
suggestions to help people
improve or maintain their
memory, including getting
some physical exercise,
being social, eating a
balanced healthy diet
and keeping your mind
active. That would involve
learning new things,
reading, doing crosswords
or other puzzles and trivia
games.
One really big help, and
not just for seniors, is to
learn to manage stress.
Strategies here also include
exercise as well as setting
boundaries and learning to
say “no.”
Just because you are
retired doesn’t mean you
had all day to do other
people’s bidding, she said.
“Memory and Aging” is
one of 36 free workshops
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at coscobc.ca. Check your
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Wednesday at George Mackie Library
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PROGRAMS
S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Surrey Service
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seminars for professional job
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accountants, financial advisors,
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Managers/ Directors of professional
associations and institutes are
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workplace culture. Registration
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Club offers walks mid-week and
weekends for adults of all ages, for
fun, fitness and friendship. Info: Call
Sandi at 604-584-2980 or visit www.
surreytrekkers.com.
Newcomers Club of White
Rock and South Surrey is a
club for women who are new to
the area. The club meets the first
Tuesday of the month (September
to May) from 7 to 9 p.m. at the
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, 2350
148 St., Surrey. First visit is free.
Membership is $30 per year. Visit
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South Surrey Garden Club:
“Interested in gardening? Then
why not join this club?” Visitors are
welcome; $3 fee may be credited
toward annual membership fee
of $20. Club meets at 7:30 p.m.
every fourth Wednesday (except
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Anglican Church, 12953 20th
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field trips and workshops.” For info,
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Delta Diggers Garden Club: Group
meets every third Thursday at 7:30
p.m., from February to November, at
Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre,
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members welcome. 604-535-2642.
Woodcarvers in Cloverdale: Club
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skills with new members. Meetings
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at Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary, in
the wood shop at the back of the
school, 6151 180th St., Cloverdale.
Contact Ron, 604-576-6806, or Jim,
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Canadian Mental Health
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first Wednesday of every month,
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Caregivers’ Support Circle:
Drop-in sessions foster peer support
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The calendar says it’s a day for romance,
but there will be no love shown on the mats
this Valentine’s Day as Surrey high school
wrestlers compete for city bragging rights.
Sponsored by the Surrey Firefighters,
Surrey Slamfest 10 goes Thursday afternoon
at Guildford Park Secondary and this time
the outcome is in doubt before the first
shoulder is pinned to the mats.
The Guildford Park Sabres have won
every one of the previous editions of the
competition, thanks to coaches Mark McCrae
and Bryan Stretch, two former Sabres who
have revived the school’s dominance in the
sport.
“It’s a pride thing for us,” said McCrae,
who competed in Guildford Park green in the
1980s. “When Bryan and I were at Guildford
Park way back when we were wrestling we
had won it (Surrey championship) 15 years
in a row. Essentially it’s the same tournament
only now it’s sponsored by the firefighters.
It was a pride thing back then and the
tournament was usually very competitive.
It’s kind of gotten that way again and we do
take pride in it because the Surrey wrestling
community is pretty strong and the quality is
really high. Some of the teams don’t have the
depth that we have and that’s usually what
wins out in events like this.”
McRae said while the Sabres have some
outstanding talent in the lower grades, he is

The Surrey Firefighters’
Slamfest 10 high school
wrestling tourney will
take place on Thursday
afternoon. Former
Guildford Park Sabres
wrestlers Arminder Virk
(left) and Josh Beattie
are part of the legacy of
the event as both men
were recently hired as
firefighters in Surrey. The
duo will be on hand for the
competition as coaches with
their old school. (Photo:
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casting a wary eye toward Cloverdale where
Lord Tweedsmuir’s Panthers are poised to
pounce.
The Panthers are led by Grade 12 Jaskarn
Ranu, the defending provincial champion at
76-kilograms and one of the top grapplers
in the province in any weight class. Lord
Tweedsmuir’s Arshvir Atwal (69-kgs) and
Tyler Dilman (66-kgs) are also expected to do
well at the B.C. tourney.
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close,” McRae said. “Lord Tweedsmuir is very
good and I would say they’re probably the
favourites going into it. They’re probably
stronger than us and their high-end guys are
very high end.”
That’s not to say the cupboard is bare at
Guildford Park. Will Thamavong (57-kgs)
has made remarkable progress in just two
years of training and is a threat to medal
at the provincials. Grade 9 wrestler Gagan
Hundal (51-kgs) and Grade 10 Diego Esparza
(48-kgs) are also improving rapidly, as are

female wrestlers Adriana Miteva (54-kgs) and
Zion Lee (57-kgs).
The Surrey Firefighters have sponsored
the revival of the local high school wrestling
scene and the impact of their contributions
is beginning to show not only on the mats,
but in Surrey fire halls as well. Two former
Guildford Park wrestlers — Arminder Virk
and Josh Beattie — were recently hired as
firefighters by the City of Surrey and both
volunteer as coaches with their old school in
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VISUAL ART
Surrey Art Gallery: Contemporary
Canadian ceramic art featured in
three exhibits, to March 24; “Full
Circle Art Collective: Intersections,”
exhibit to Feb. 17. Gallery is located
at Bear Creek Park, 88th Ave. near
King George Blvd. Info: 604-501-5566,
www.arts.surrey.ca.
Watershed Artworks gallery
shop: Works by local artists featured
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604-596-1029, watershedartworks.ca.
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September 30, 1927 - January 29, 2013

Dorothy passed away peacefully at Peace
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Stephanie Legault, Richard Long and Nicki
Averill, grandchildren; Beckie, Jeremy,
Sarah,Emily and John,great-grandchildren;
Jesse, Dawson, Kyle and Hanna.
She is sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Dorothy and Norman immigrated to Canada from London
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Many thanks to Dr. Nolte and the staff of Peace Arch Hospice for
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Friday at Surrey’s Sullivan Heights Secondary. The festival, which also filled the adjacent Bell Performing Arts Centre
with music from Thursday to Saturday, welcomed nearly 2,000 young musicians from around the region, making it
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The Surrey RCMP is reviewing a coroner’s inquest
jury’s recommendations following the tragic death
of a young Surrey woman who was struck down by a
Mountie’s patrol car on King George Boulevard.
“We respect the inquest verdict and its
recommendations,” said Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet.
He added they will “require some time” to review.
“We are looking at all the opportunities to improve
on the policing service.”
Ashley Christine Guiboche, 18, was killed shortly
before midnight on Jan. 31, 2011 while jaywalking
across the boulevard, near the King George SkyTrain
Station. The northern strip of King George in Whalley
is notorious for collisions involving pedestrians. Four
pedestrians have been killed along the strip in the past
few years.
The three-day inquest, presided over last week by
coroner Vincent Stancato, heard that Surrey RCMP
Const. Albert Luk had been travelling about 90
kilometres an hour, in response to a call about a stolen
vehicle, when his patrol car hit Guiboche.

‘Childish’
shirts take
shot at city
Website owner thinks parody is hilarious
but Hayne says Surrey jokes getting old
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Surrey is still trying to shake
its reputation as one of Canada’s
most crime-riddled cities
following a series of controversial
T-shirts that are making the
rounds online.
At the end of January, the City
of Surrey sent a cease-and-desist
order meant for Don Pitcairn,
the resident behind T-shirt
parody website surreyshirts.
com, opposing several shirts on
his website that purportedly put
Surrey in a poor light.
The designs included such
slogans as “The Future Dies Here”
– in reference to the city’s motto
– and “Better Safe than Surrey,”
which was brandished with

six bullet holes next to a semiautomatic pistol.
“‘The Future Dies Here,’ that
shirt has an anti-gun, anti-gang
message to it,” said Pitcairn, who
learned about the letter after it
was addressed to Jason Arsenault
of surreyclothing.com, another
resident who designs edgy Surreythemed shirts.
“We thought it was kind of
ironic that the city would take
offence to it, especially considering
we had five gun murders
supposedly all linked to organized
crime in January alone.”
The order cited trademarks on
the city’s current logo, including
“the future lives here” tagline,
as well as the historic “Welcome
to Surrey” beaver logo, which
appeared in similar designs on two
other shirts. The order called for
ceased production and sale of the
merchandise and that all existing
products be removed from the

Don Pitcairn has designed several T-shirts to which the City of Surrey has taken offence. The city issued
a cease-and-desist letter, but recently retracted it after it was leaked to the public. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)
website and destroyed.
“To say that they think they
have copyright protection on the
logo that we designed that has
a handgun, they’d better have a
Glock 9mm on the Surrey signs
in order to say that,” said Pitcairn.
“That shirt has a message and
maybe they just didn’t get it.”
When asked about the parody
of the city’s logo, Coun. Bruce
Hayne – whose former company
thornleyHAYNE Creative
Communications designed the
city’s current logo and tagline
– called the redesign “unfortunate”
and “childish.”
“It goes to a lack of taste and
a lack of judgment,” said Hayne.
“What we created six or seven
years ago as the new brand of
Surrey, I think, is holding up
extremely well.”

While he acknowledged that
parody is permitted under law, he
finds the slogans themselves to be
worn-out potshots at the city.
“Surrey now is being seen as an
up-and-coming and exciting place
to be, so I don’t think those old
Surrey jokes of 20 years ago are
applicable at all today,” he said. “I
think people will see it for what
it is, and it’s, as I said, a rather
sophomoric and sad attempt at
humour.”
Pitcairn said that while he
believes more and more people
are proud to be from Surrey,
its reputation for crime is still
relevant today.
“Surrey, unfortunately, is
synonymous with gangland
shootings,” said Pitcairn, adding
that Surrey’s reputation for gang
violence is known across Canada.

“This is something that we need to
take control of.”
He added that he felt the logos
produced for Surrey Shirts were
distinguished enough from the
originals that any legal action
against his website would be
outside the city’s copyright, or
that his work would be protected
under political satire. He claims
to have used different fonts in the
lettering of the designs, among
other changes.
“You copyright your logo, not
similarities,” he said.
In the wake of widespread
media coverage, the City of Surrey
has backed down on the ceaseand-desist order. The city’s legal
department has not yet responded
to the Now’s requests for an
interview.

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Flustered Dhaliwal quits, saying ‘we are all human’
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Sukh Dhaliwal announces he is dropping out as a B.C. Liberal MLA
candidate on Friday afternoon in Surrey. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)

Former Surrey Liberal MP Sukh
Dhaliwal dashed out of his own
press conference Friday afternoon
– with cameramen chasing him
out to the parking lot.
This was after reporters
peppered him with questions
about when he first found out
charges had been laid against him
and his wife under the Income

Tax Act, and when he told the B.C.
Liberal party about it.
Dhaliwal had called the press
conference to announce he was
dropping out as the B.C. Liberals’
MLA candidate for SurreyPanorama Ridge in the coming
provincial election.
He said the past few days had
been “extremely difficult” for
himself and his family, after news
of the charges broke on Thursday.
“I want to make sure I take
care of the outstanding matters
that are in front of the courts,” he
said. Dhaliwal noted that people
who seek public office have to
be committed to the highest

standards of behaviour.
As an MP, he said, “I lived those
principles.”
He said he didn’t want this
matter to be a distraction for the
governing Liberal party as it heads
into the May 14 election.
The press conference started
to go sideways for Dhaliwal after
one reporter bluntly asked him
how a former MP, who has run
a company, and been an MLA
candidate for the B.C. Liberals,
could end up in “this holy mess.”
“We are all human beings,” a
flustered Dhaliwal replied.
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Surrey Liberal MLA Dave Hayer is still
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election, slated for 2015, I want to confirm
that at this time I am devoting all of my
attention to my current role as MLA for
Surrey-Tynehead,” Hayer told the Now on
Friday.
“However, over the past couple of years
I have been approached many times, by
many people, to seek a seat as a Member
of Parliament. I have considered those
suggestions carefully.”
Last July, Hayer, the veteran MLA for
Surrey-Tynehead revealed he would not be
running for office in the provincial general
election this coming May 14.
“Part of that decision was that if reelected as MLA in May 2013, then I decided
to run federally in 2015, I would have
triggered an expensive bylection, which
I believe is the wrong thing to do for my
constituents,” he explained Friday.
Last summer, Hayer was non-committal
about rumours he was considering running
under the Conservative banner in Surrey in
2015, and remains so today.
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Liberals about
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Dhaliwal said he wasn’t aware of the charges until after
he was acclaimed as candidate. A party press released dated
Oct. 31, 2012, said he’d been acclaimed. He said the charges
arise from difficulty obtaining information from other
sources, but didn’t elaborate on that.
“There’s no tax evasion, just income tax filing,” he said.
Friday’s press conference was at the Grand Taj Banquet
Hall in Newton, where less than a week earlier Dhaliwal and
Premier Christy Clark had glad-handed with a crowd of
nearly 800 of Dhaliwal’s supporters during his $125-a-plate
campaign fundraiser.
The B.C. Liberal Party, at Clark’s direction, sent out a
press release Friday morning that Dhaliwal’s candidacy was
under review by a committee bearing the unwieldy title
of Candidate Approval Subcommittee of the Provincial
Election Readiness Committee. Sam Oliphant, a spokesman
for the party, wouldn’t discuss who’s on the committee or
when the review was expected to conclude.
“We don’t release that information,” he said. The party’s
press release stated that Dhaliwal disclosed his “legal
situation” to party officials on Wednesday.
Several hours before Friday’s press conference, Dhaliwal’s
campaign manager Al Payne told the Now that the
beleaguered politician was “in good spirits.”
Dhaliwal told the Now last Thursday that he didn’t know
he was facing six charges under the Income Tax Act when
the B.C. Liberal Party chose him to be its candidate for
Surrey-Panorama in the coming provincial election.
The former Liberal MP for Newton-North Delta and his
wife, Roni, have been charged with failing to comply with
the Income Tax Act in connection with Genko Consultants
Inc., of which Sukh is president and Roni is the secretary.
Sukh faces six charges, and Roni, 14.

The jury heard Luk did not have his lights or sirens on
and seconds before the crash had been distracted by a
message on his car’s mobile data terminal.
The jury found that Guiboche’s death was accidental.
It made six recommendations; one being that the City of
Surrey, ICBC and TransLink “find a solution to the serious
jaywalking problem” on King George Boulevard between
98th and 100th avenues, and that an overhead walkway
over the King George and a crosswalk at 98B Avenue be

considered “a priority.”
The jury also recommended that Mounties receive
more frequent training concerning the Motor Vehicle Act
and emergency driving regulations, and that the RCMP
programs its patrol car equipment to transmit audible
text of all incoming messages that would enable the
officers to respond verbally and hands-free while driving.
Luk still serves with the Surrey RCMP.
He had been with the RCMP for two years at the time
of the collision.

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The RCMP and city hall honoured Surrey’s 86
auxiliary constables as the “ultimate volunteers”
Thursday, during a ceremony at Eaglequest
Coyote golf course.
The auxiliary constable program has been
running in Surrey since the 1960s and is the
biggest in Canada. The auxiliaries are uniformed
volunteers and serve alongside Mounties.
Last year, they volunteered more than 20,000
hours all told, with two of the auxiliary constables
volunteering more than 800 hours each and nine
volunteering more than 500 hours.

“Auxiliary constables are an integral part of
our crime reduction strategy, strengthening
bonds with the community and helping our
citizens get involved with strategies that support
crime prevention initiatives,” said Surrey RCMP
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caught fire after the car rear-ended a Volvo that had stopped
in traffic, waiting to make a left turn.
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FAMILY DAY WEEK FEB 11 – 15

Man attacks sex worker
Surrey Mounties are hunting for a man who beat and
tried to sexually assault a sex worker in Whalley on Feb. 1.
An olive-skinned man driving a new grayish-purple
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The Surrey and Burnaby boards of trade are calling
on the provincial and federal governments to make
childcare more affordable – not just in their respective
cities, but across the country.
The Surrey Board of Trade hosted the second annual
Business and Families First Dialogue last Tuesday to
discuss ways to lower the cost of quality childcare to
$10 per day in an effort to help
working parents achieve healthy
work-life balances. The aim is
to decrease stress and increase
productivity for career-minded
parents, and also to reduce the
impact that looking after a child
has on their work.
“What we’re asking the federal
government to do is to change
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how they create their budget
to improve efficiencies so that
there is a childcare policy in place for Canada,” said Anita
Huberman, CEO of the SBoT. “There’s nothing existing
at this point in time.”
According to SFU, the average monthly cost of
childcare for infants and toddlers is $1,200, while
children between the ages of three and five cost about
$809 per month for childcare.
The recommendations for more affordable childcare
were drafted by the SBoT’s Social Policy Team and
presented to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in
2012. However, the chamber noted it didn’t want to
increase taxes for businesses and sought other sources to
fund the subsidies.
Surrey-Panorama MLA Stephanie Cadieux, who is
also the Minister of Children and Family Development,
attended the dialogue to brainstorm ways to reduce the
cost of childcare.
“She did indicate that because of the current
fiscal situation of the B.C. government that the first
recommendation was to reform the childcare subsidy
system so that parents pay no more than $10 a day,
making it free for families earning less than $40,000 a
year,” said Huberman.
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A Surrey principal has been named one of
the top principals in Canada for 2013.
Strawberry Hill Elementary’s Raminder
Randhawa recently learned he was selected
as one of the top 51 educators in the
country for 2013 Canada’s Outstanding
Principals, an annual program put on
by The Learning Partnership, a national
education advocacy group.
Randhawa, who was nominated by his
staff prior to Christmas, said the selection
reflects more on his school than on him as
an individual.
“As you know, schools are places where
teams of teachers and educators work very
hard to help kids learn, help them make it
in life and I am just sort of a cheerleader
in the back who supports these teams of
educators,” he said.
“The selection is a tribute to the people
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Strawberry Hill Elementary’s Raminder Randhawa is one of Canada’s top principals.
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very hard and I am just proud to be part of
that team.
“I’m honoured, and at the same time,
humbled by the selection.”
For being selected, Randhawa will join
the other winners from across Canada in
Toronto later this month for a gala awards
dinner.

The principals will also participate in a
special training program during their trip, a
leadership program from the University of
Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.
“There will be a whole bunch of
workshops and further opportunities to see
where one can cheerlead and support other
educators,” said Randhawa.

The win comes in Randhawa’s second
year at the helm of Strawberry Hill
Elementary and prior to his current stint, he
was principal at Cougar Creek Elementary
for five years.
According to Akela Peoples, president and
CEO of The Learning Partnership, the yearly
awards are a chance for leaders in education
to get the recognition they deserve.
“Behind every great school is a great
principal who is not only an outstanding
educator, but an excellent manager and
leader,” said Peoples.
“We are thrilled to be recognizing these
individuals as examples of excellence in
public education.”
But while Randhawa is grateful for the
recognition, he reiterates that it’s not his
award alone.
“I honestly feel it is a tribute to the team
I work with and really important to honour
their work,” he said.
“As the systems are set up it’s only one
person that gets recognized, but I cannot
overemphasize the fact that the parents,
teachers and the various professionals that
work with the schools is part of this. It’s all a
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Learn what archaeology has taught us about
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Baldwin was thankful for the
award.
“I am honoured to receive a
Queen Elizabeth II Diamond
Jubilee Medal,” he said.
“White Rock is a spectacular
place to live, with a strong
sense of community. It has
been a pleasure to dedicate
such a large part of my life to
this wonderful place.”
The Queen Elizabeth II
Diamond Jubilee Medal was
created to honour Canadians
who have made significant
contributions to their
communities and countries as
a whole.
The award was created to
coincide with the Queen’s
Diamond Jubilee beginning
last year, and will see a
total of 60,000 Canadians
recognized during the yearlong
celebration.

It has been
a pleasure
to dedicate
such a large
part of my
life to this
wonderful
place.

White Rock Mayor Wayne
Baldwin is the most recent
recipient of the Queen
Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Medal.
Baldwin was nominated for
contributions made to White
Rock and the region as a whole
by the Federation of Canadian
Municipalities (FCM).
Prior to becoming mayor,
Baldwin served as the city
manager for a number of years
and the award is meant to
recognize his role in ensuring
the prosperity and high quality
of life for the citizens and
visitors of White Rock.
“Your peers in local
government across the country
admire your accomplishments
as a community leader, and
congratulate you on earning
this prestigious award,” read a
congratulatory letter from the
FCM.

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B.C. politics

‘Protest’
votes may
equal seats
InTheHouse
Keith Baldrey

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W

hile the two
major political
parties garner
most of the attention in
this province, I wonder
whether other parties and
independent candidates
will have a larger impact
on May’s election than
anything we’ve seen recently.
Polls indicate there is a
mobile bloc of “protest”
voters who are upset at the
B.C. Liberal government
for a number of reasons,
and are willing to consider a
variety of alternatives when
it comes to marking their
ballot.
The NDP seems to
have attracted the highest
number of disaffected B.C.
Liberal supporters, but
public opinion can evolve
fairly quickly during an
election campaign and it
can head in unforeseen
directions.
For example, during the
1991 election campaign the
ruling Social Credit party

fell apart in a very public
way and the B.C. Liberals
came out of nowhere to the
point of almost winning the
election itself.
Thousands of people
deserted the Socreds but
were unwilling to switch to
the polar opposite NDP and
settled on something else.
If the B.C. Liberals don’t
get their act together and
win back a significant
number of those people
who have turned their
backs on them, I suspect
the B.C. Conservative Party
and in particular the Green
Party will be the prime
beneficiaries.
As well, there are four or
five independent candidates
who either stand a decent
chance of winning or at the
very least playing spoiler.
The independents are:
Vicki Huntington (Delta
South), Bob Simpson
(Cariboo North), John
van Dongen (Abbotsford
South), Arthur Hadland
(Peace River North) and
Moe Gill (Abbotsford West).
It would appear that
Huntington has the best
chance of being elected,
since she’s already proven
she can be elected as an
Independent.
I would rank Hadland,
who took almost a third of
the vote in 2009, as standing

the next best chance of
winning (he’s campaigning
partly on his opposition
to the Site C dam project,
which will stand him well
with voters in the Peace
River region).
I wouldn’t count van
Dongen out either. He’ll be
in a tight three- or fourway race where a relatively
low vote count can prove
victorious.
The Green Party may
prove to be the most
interesting group to watch.
It is perfectly positioned to
attract voters who are fed
up with the B.C. Liberals
but are not willing to throw
their support behind the
NDP.
The Greens are like a
novelty act. There’s no harm
in voting for them even if
you don’t like their platform
since they have no hope
of forming government. A

vote for the Greens can be a
protest vote of sorts.
The Greens almost won a
federal byelection recently
in Victoria, which was
supposed to be a cakewalk
for the NDP. The party
attracted support from the
other three main federal
parties.
In fact, the capital region
is fertile ground for the
Greens and it is where the
party will likely post its
strongest showing.
Two ridings in particular
are ones to watch.
In Saanich North, the
Green candidate is Adam
Olsen, a popular local
councillor and small
businessman. The word is he
has ex-B.C. Liberal political
staffers volunteering for
him, while the B.C. Liberals
can’t even find a candidate
(it’s also worth noting this
riding elected federal Green

Party leader Elizabeth May).
In Oak Bay-Gordon
Head, noted climate change
scientist Andrew Weaver
is the star Green Party
candidate. In both ridings,
a lot of votes would have
to swing away from the
B.C. Liberals and go to the
Greens for either candidate
to win, but it’s certainly
possible.
I’d be surprised if the B.C.
Conservatives have the same
potential attractiveness as
the Greens. But in some
pockets of the province the
party will likely do better
than it did in 2009, to
the detriment of the B.C.
Liberals.
Add it up, and there’s a
decent chance of anywhere
from two to a half-dozen
seats going to someone not
running for the NDP or the
B.C. Liberals.

NDP SMELLS BLOOD

It will be interesting to
see if the B.C. Liberals can
maintain internal caucus
discipline in the upcoming
legislative session. The
party’s majority has
narrowed to just four seats
(plus the Speaker).
Luckily for the
government, there’s not
expected to be a lot of votes
since there won’t be a heavy
legislative agenda.
But there may be
opportunities for the NDP,
sensing there may be one
too many B.C. Liberal MLAs
away from the legislature,
to spring the occasional
trap and embarrass the
government by winning
votes on procedural
motions.
Keith Baldrey is chief political
reporter for Global BC
Keith.Baldrey@globalnews.ca

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The Editor,
Re: “Autism treatment: take a number,”
the Now, Feb. 5.
It is sad to see that 11 years after my son
was officially diagnosed with autism, people
are still struggling to have their children
diagnosed and waiting for services.
My son, who is almost 17, was diagnosed
when he was six years old. He finally started
to speak in sentences after his fourth year
but the social skills were just not there.
Now in high school, he has trouble
socially – peers reject him because he is
different. The kids that were his “friends” in
elementary school pretended not to know
him or bullied him as soon as they hit high
school, which is sad.
We had him in social groups and did
everything that we were told to do to help
him. We had to fight for every support
with the Surrey school district in the early
days and spent countless hours in meetings
trying to get help at the school level with
that $18,000 that the school system provides
for autistic kids.
What a fight. It turned us into bitter,
anxiety ridden, crazed people. And the
$6,000 to help him at home we had to
navigate as best we could. In our experience,
the behaviour interventionists were little
more then special babysitters and we did not
find them online – they were provided by
agencies.
Over the years, we have realized that no
matter what we did, our son had autism
and that was never going to change. Yes, he
can talk and he is doing well in school and
is on track to graduate, but everything else
that comes with autism is still there and will
never go away. No amount of stressing out
and fighting will change that.
The province needs to set up a better
system for autism funding/help – like
a centre where families go to in their
communities. These centres should provide
them with diagnosis, a behaviour plan

Christine Long spent two-and-a-half years waiting to get her non-verbal autistic son
Finn intensive speech therapy. Their story appeared in the Feb. 5 issue of the ‘Now.’ If you
missed it, you can read it by scanning this photo using Layar. (Photo: JACOB ZINN)
as what should be done (speech therapy,
behaviour therapy, etc.) and then go from
there. Parents should not be left to figure
out on their own and have to wait on
ridiculously long waiting lists.
We have accepted the fact that our son’s
life will always be different from others his
age. With this we have let go and let the
cards fall where they may.
All that is important to us now is that he
is happy and safe. No amount of therapy
made any difference in his life. Our days of
stressing out are long over and because of
this we are all at peace.
C. Litonjua, Surrey

Residents needed
more casino notice
The Editor,
Re: “Gateway wants to clarify history of
casino saga,” the Now, Feb. 7.
Many residents of South Surrey were
not aware of this proposal – whatever press
releases, surveys or impact assessments

that were done by Gateway, BCLC, Surrey
city hall or the provincial government were
obviously not open enough.
To satisfy all concerned parties, awareness
of impacts on the community from such
projects as a casino should not be just a
small notice in some local newspapers.
For subdivisions and small road changes
this form of information is acceptable.
Something like this casino altering a quiet
rural neighbourhood obviously should have
had a mail-out to all the local residents. A
mail-out was sent to less than 20 adjacent
residents. Maybe 5,000 to local residents
would have been more appropriate.
The other part of this complex stated
South Surrey needs a hotel and conference
centre. Well, there is one at the other side
of Highway 99 on King George Boulevard
– The Pacific Inn.
Maybe James Chen recalls at our local
residents meeting, there were close to
500 hundred people inside one of the
Pacific Inn’s conference rooms. Adequate
and comfortable in its size to inform you
and BCLC “you are not welcome in our
community.”
Martin Cooper, Surrey

The Editor,
Re: “Another bridge flaw,” the Now, Feb. 5.
Jatinder Sandhu is correct – HOV drivers
must use 156th Street in order to be in the
HOV lane and receive the HOV discount
when they pass under the toll gantry.
What I’d like to point out is these new
dedicated HOV ramps are designed to
complement the larger improvements of
the 152nd Street Interchange.
In fact, I expect many HOV drivers will
prefer using the new 156th Street ramps
over the traditional entrance and exit at
152nd Street.
The 156th Street interchange is a brand
new set of on- and off-ramps built to
provide fast, efficient and convenient access
to the Highway 1 HOV lane for HOV
vehicles. 152nd Street has traditionally been
one of the busiest interchanges on the Port
Mann/Highway 1 corridor, and giving HOV
vehicles their own, dedicated ramps at
156th Street makes Highway 1 access from
Surrey more efficient.
These new HOV ramps are less than
a minute away from 152nd Street, and
entering and exiting via 156th shouldn’t add
any additional travel time for most drivers.
Having HOV traffic use these new ramps
will also take some pressure off the 152nd
Street interchange, which has been one of
the primary causes of the traffic bottleneck
at the east end of the Port Mann Bridge.
The new wider bridge, a new 152nd
Street interchange and HOV access via
156th Street are all working together
to clear what was once the worst traffic
bottleneck in B.C.
The new HOV and transit ramps at
156th Street are just one of the many HOV
and transit investments included in the Port
Mann/Highway 1 Improvement Project.
Mike Proudfoot, CEO
Transportation Investment Corporation

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of her youngest son. Variety provides supplies for Rahul, including equipment to run a feeding tube inserted into his stomach. (Photo: KEVIN HILL)

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When Rahul was born at Surrey Memorial
Hospital in 2008, new mom Nina Aurora only
saw her baby for a few seconds before he was
rushed out of the room.
Rahul was born five weeks early, and among
the congenital problems he faced right off the bat
was esophageal trachea, meaning his esophagus
was attached to his windpipe instead of being
a fully connected canal between his mouth and
stomach.
Soon Rahul had an operation at B.C. Children’s
Hospital to correct the condition and had a
feeding tube inserted into his stomach, which he
still has and will for some time yet.
Aurora, a mortgage broker in Surrey, said it was
“stressful for the first few years. He was also born
without a spleen.”
That fact was mentioned in passing when
they were preparing to check Rahul out of the
hospital. Without a spleen the baby had no
immunity or ability to fight off common bacteria.
“For the first two years I kind of hibernated at
home,” said Aurora. “I didn’t go out much, didn’t
let my older son go to preschool or anything
because I was afraid of what he’d bring home. I

had to be very careful for the first two years.”
At two years, Rahul was able to get a
vaccination to help protect him from the most
common forms of bacteria.
But to make matters worse, Aurora and her
husband split up shortly after Rahul came home
from the hospital.
“Financially, I took such a bit hit that I started
to panic because his supplies are so expensive,”
she said.
For example, Rahul’s feeding machine costs
more than $2,000, each daily feeding bag is $10
and then there is the formula, she noted. If the Gtube comes out, they need to rush to the hospital
to have it replaced, which costs about $300.
“Those kind of costs for a single mom are
hard,” she said. “They’re hard for a working
family, never mind a single mom.”
Aurora said her doctor helped her to apply for
various kinds of assistance and programs, but “I
just kept missing them by a hair.”
Eventually, Variety - The Children’s Charity
approved Aurora’s application.
“I don’t even have words to explain what they
did for me. I needed them and they came through
for me, and I get overwhelmed even today when I
think about it.”
Variety covers supplies for Rahul and that has
lifted one of Aurora’s main stressors, she said.
Once she knew her baby’s special needs were
met, she could pay the rent, groceries and other
basic needs for her and her two children without
fearing the worst.

I needed them and they came
through for me, and I get
overwhelmed even today
when I think about it.
One thing Aurora emphasized is that the
people at Variety are a joy to deal with, and they
never judge her for needing a helping hand.
Asking for help is tough, she said, especially for
someone who came from a well-off home.
Just recently Aurora took a huge step in
deciding to share her story at a Variety event.
Public speaking was a bit scary, never mind
sharing her family’s story, but she did it because
she wanted others to know how much the
charity means to her family.
“It would really help if other moms come out
because it helps other people understand what
(Variety) does do for people like me, and it
shows that the work really does help.”
She may have a chance to share her story
again at the 47th annual Show of Hearts
Telethon on Feb. 16 and 17. It is the signature
fundraising event for Variety. Last year’s
telethon brought in nearly $7 million.
The Global BC broadcast will feature a
mix of concerts and interviews with Chantal
Kreviazuk, Adele, VH1 Divas, Rihanna, Paul
McCartney, Justin Beiber, Elton John and
Michael Bublé.

ccooke@thenownewspaper.com

Ricky’s restaurant in
Central City is holding
its annual fundraiser for
Variety’s upcoming Show of
Hearts Telethon.
The fundraiser, held
during restaurant hours
on Feb. 16 and 17, features
raffles with great prizes
like signed sports jerseys,
a laptop and other items
donated by the owner, and
his friends and family.
Avtar Bains, who owns
the Central City eatery, said
that for every order made
during those two days, they
donate $5, no matter how
much or little the cost.
“A lot of our staff will
also donate their hours
for the weekend as well,”
he said, and that money
goes into the donation to
Variety.
“Of all our achievements
– and we’ve had record
sales every year – this is our
baby,” said Bains.
Even some staff who
no longer work at Ricky’s
come by to lend a hand on
the Variety weekend.
Bains explained that his
drive to help others started
at a young age when his
grandparents took him and
his siblings to a downtown
drop-in centre to hand out
homemade Indian meals
or hundreds of hotdogs to
needy people.
Over the past seven years
of annual fundraisers for
Variety, Bains and the
staff at Ricky’s, which is
managed by his son, have
netted more than $55,000
for Variety.
On the morning of
Sunday, Feb. 17, they
will make the official
presentation of more than
$11,000 from last year’s
event that will be shown
live on the Show of Hearts.
And, of course, you
will be able to watch the
broadcast at Ricky’s in
Central City.
Bains is encouraging
everyone to stop by at any
time during the telethon
weekend and “have even
toast just to make us donate
$5 on your behalf.” Their
goal is to beat last year’s
total and every little bit
helps.

Carolyn Cooke

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As a team, they wanted to
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“I’ve heard it’s not easy to
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739-step Climb at Sheraton
Vancouver Wall Centre
Hotel. “But we really don’t
care if it takes us 10 minutes
or two hours, we’ll do it
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those stairs.”
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cancer in 2010. MacDonald,
a Newton resident, is doing
this year’s Climb the Wall:
The Stairclimb for Clean Air
event March 3 in Vancouver.

Jennifer MacDonald is
preparing herself for 48
floors of sweat, tears and
smiles when she does this
year’s Climb the Wall event
in Vancouver on March 3.
She’s a first-time Climber
attempting the charity
fundraiser in honour of her
late mother, who would have
turned 63 today (Feb. 12).
The annual event, in
its 12th year, benefits BC
Lung Association research,
education and advocacy
programs.
MacDonald and her two
“Stair Hogs” teammates
– Judy and Dominique
Parker – are closing in on
their current goal to raise
$1,500 for the cause.
MacDonald’s mother
Annie-Jean, or A.J.,
succumbed to lung cancer
in 2010. Her pal Judy’s
mom, Agnes Felder, was also
diagnosed with lung cancer
at around the same time.

“I’m walking more, and
that includes doing the stairs
in our townhouse. I’m going
up and down the stairs for
15 or 30 minutes at a time,
whenever I can find the
time.”
To participate, Climbers
must each pay $25 to register
and commit to raising at
least $125. In return, they’re
given a T-shirt, post-event
brunch and a chance to win
a trip for two to Bermuda.
Last year’s event raised
$190,000. The fastest Climb
time was four minutes, 25
seconds; most got it done in
10 or 15 minutes.
“Some participants climb
for themselves, others to
honour a friend or family
member affected by lung
disease,” stated Kate Jarvis,
organizer of Climb the
Wall. “And while each
participant’s motivation is
different, their reward is the
same: making a difference
in the lives of the one in five
British Columbians affected
by lung disease.”
To get involved in
the event, or to make
a donation, visit www.
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Student’s design helps
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Christopher Poon

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Grade 12 student Bea Venzon created the
official T-shirt design for Anti-Bully Day
events on Feb. 27.
the anti-bullying movement, Venzon said
the issue was one that struck her as being
something that could be changed, with a little
effort.
“It’s just that bullying is one small thing that
could have lifelong repercussions for people
so preventing it would have such an impact on
someone’s life,” she said. “Nobody deserves to
get bullied for their race, sexual orientation,
financial status, disability, gender, religion,
perceived subculture or for anything at all.”
Following her final year in high school,
Venzon hopes to pursue sciences at postsecondary, but said she’s still interested in
continuing to be active in social advocacy.
“I’m going into the sciences but things like
art and film are a hobby to me and people
in the group and that’s how we choose to
present our ideas,” she said. “I’m still looking
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“You can’t shake hands with a closed fist.”
It was a quote uttered by former Indian
Prime Minister Indira Ghandi during peace
talks in the 1970s and was one of the first
things that popped into the head of Guildford
Park Secondary student Bea Venzon when it
came time to create a design for anti-bullying.
With that in mind, the Grade 12 student
created an image of two hands forming a
heart shape. This past week, that image was
selected out of 400 to be the official T-shirt
design for this year’s Anti-Bullying day in
Surrey on Feb. 27, and that design will go on
to be worn by more than 10,000 people.
For the 17-year-old Venzon, the selection
was unexpected, to say the least.
“I was quite surprised because it was very
last-minute (and) I only started working
on it the night before the deadline,” she
said, laughing. “I found it quite interesting
because fists are a symbol for traditional
schoolyard bullying, and the fact that you can
use the same appendage for spreading peace,
acceptance and friendship.”
However, taking part in socially-driven
activities isn’t anything new for the Surrey
youth, as Venzon was part of a group of
students that won first place in the City of
Surrey’s anti-bullying film contest last spring.
“My friends and I, we’re all part of the GayStraight Alliance in my school and we’ve been
doing these kinds of activities since 2009,” she
said.
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The one-hour workshop will reveal details
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Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet will be
taking a day off work Thursday to sing for
sweethearts across Metro Vancouver.
It’s a Valentine’s Day ritual of his, as a
member of The Gentlemen of Fortune choir.
On Feb. 14 each year, members of the group
split into barbershop quartets and sing love
songs for a fee, with part proceeds going to
Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society and
local youth singing programs.
For as little as $50, it’s a one-of-a-kind gift
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Paquet, a baritone, has been singing
barbershop since 2004 – three years with The
Gentlemen of Fortune and six with Chilliwack
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of the music. “I’ve always found it intriguing
that four voices can produce that sound
without background music.”
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Bert Paquet will
be delivering roses
to unsuspecting
people on Valentine’s
Day as part of a
“Serenade Your
Sweetheart” initiative
of The Gentlemen of
Fortune, the choir he
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florist located in the
Boundary Park area
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On a grey Monday afternoon, the lyrics of
the bright number “Red, Red Robin” fill a hall
in North Delta – over and over again, with
some stumbling over a line or two.
On stage, five women – Dorothy Perkins,
Bernadette Ray, Alannah Jacques, Doris
Carruthers and Penny DeSanto – are
coached along by Marilyn Remus, the new
artistic director of the Vaudevillians seniors’
entertainment troupe.
“I throw quite a bit at them sometimes,”
Remus said later, “and for some of them it’s
hard to sing the words and do the motions at
the same time. But they’re getting it. These are
seniors, bless their hearts.”
Remus has clearly given new energy to
the troupe, which will celebrate its 10th
anniversary with a big show in November.
At the moment, Remus is honing some of
the song, dance and comedy numbers the
Vaudevillians will perform at a variety of

Marilyn Remus (foreground), new artistic director with The Vaudevillians, relaxes for a
moment while the seniors’ entertainment troupe rehearses a number on a recent Monday
afternoon at Kennedy Seniors’ Recreation Centre in North Delta. (Photo: TOM ZILLICH)
places this spring and summer.
“We’re drinking Geritol,” Remus said with a
laugh. “They have a lot of energy, I gotta give it
to them, but it’s about putting that energy into
the number, to best reflect it.”

Remus recently moved back to B.C. from
Florida. In the U.S., she toured the country for
two decades as director and choreographer
with the Rogers company. Last spring, she
saw a newspaper story about the troupe and

decided to get involved behind the scenes.
Pat Trimble, who dances and sings with
the Vaudevillians, said Remus has definitely
brought great energy to the group.
“Marilyn can really connect with the
people here, and she knows how to tell you
that you’ve done something wrong without
making you feel bad about it – you get the
message in a good way,” Trimble said. “She’s
very, very good at what she does.… It’s just so
invigorating working with her.”
Likewise, Remus is enjoying the experience
of directing the two-dozen Vaudevillians.
“It’s been a difficult time for them, having
lost a director and some challenges that way,
so they need that solid support, and I hope I
give that to them,” said Remus, who lives in
New Westminster. “You know, they’re so good
to me; I don’t have a car and they’ll come pick
me up (for rehearsals at Kennedy seniors’ rec
centre) and bring me home again.”
From January to June, seniors are welcome
to audition for the busy troupe.
“We invite them to come here and see what
we do, on any Monday from 1 to 4 p.m.,”
Trimble said. “Every year, we lose a few people
and gain a few. That’s just the reality of it.”
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There are plenty of
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For example, some
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as do poor diet, being
dehydrated, prolonged
stress or anxiety, sudden
illness like the flu, and even
a poor night of sleep.
One thing O’Connor
suggested seniors do is
“brown bag” it at your next
doctor’s appointment. This
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a bag with the bottles of
everything you take, even
the over-the-counter drugs
and supplements, and have
your doctor review them
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Strategies here also include
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Just because you are
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Newcomers Club of White
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club for women who are new to
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South Surrey Garden Club:
“Interested in gardening? Then
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The calendar says it’s a day for romance,
but there will be no love shown on the mats
this Valentine’s Day as Surrey high school
wrestlers compete for city bragging rights.
Sponsored by the Surrey Firefighters,
Surrey Slamfest 10 goes Thursday afternoon
at Guildford Park Secondary and this time
the outcome is in doubt before the first
shoulder is pinned to the mats.
The Guildford Park Sabres have won
every one of the previous editions of the
competition, thanks to coaches Mark McCrae
and Bryan Stretch, two former Sabres who
have revived the school’s dominance in the
sport.
“It’s a pride thing for us,” said McCrae,
who competed in Guildford Park green in the
1980s. “When Bryan and I were at Guildford
Park way back when we were wrestling we
had won it (Surrey championship) 15 years
in a row. Essentially it’s the same tournament
only now it’s sponsored by the firefighters.
It was a pride thing back then and the
tournament was usually very competitive.
It’s kind of gotten that way again and we do
take pride in it because the Surrey wrestling
community is pretty strong and the quality is
really high. Some of the teams don’t have the
depth that we have and that’s usually what
wins out in events like this.”
McRae said while the Sabres have some
outstanding talent in the lower grades, he is

The Surrey Firefighters’
Slamfest 10 high school
wrestling tourney will
take place on Thursday
afternoon. Former
Guildford Park Sabres
wrestlers Arminder Virk
(left) and Josh Beattie
are part of the legacy of
the event as both men
were recently hired as
firefighters in Surrey. The
duo will be on hand for the
competition as coaches with
their old school. (Photo:
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casting a wary eye toward Cloverdale where
Lord Tweedsmuir’s Panthers are poised to
pounce.
The Panthers are led by Grade 12 Jaskarn
Ranu, the defending provincial champion at
76-kilograms and one of the top grapplers
in the province in any weight class. Lord
Tweedsmuir’s Arshvir Atwal (69-kgs) and
Tyler Dilman (66-kgs) are also expected to do
well at the B.C. tourney.
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close,” McRae said. “Lord Tweedsmuir is very
good and I would say they’re probably the
favourites going into it. They’re probably
stronger than us and their high-end guys are
very high end.”
That’s not to say the cupboard is bare at
Guildford Park. Will Thamavong (57-kgs)
has made remarkable progress in just two
years of training and is a threat to medal
at the provincials. Grade 9 wrestler Gagan
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female wrestlers Adriana Miteva (54-kgs) and
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the revival of the local high school wrestling
scene and the impact of their contributions
is beginning to show not only on the mats,
but in Surrey fire halls as well. Two former
Guildford Park wrestlers — Arminder Virk
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Surrey United’s Nicole Stewart focuses on the bouncing ball during a 7-0 blowout win over
Westside to open the MWSL Premier Cup playdowns on Jan. 27. The eight-time provincial
champions had a much tougher time in round 2 last week but, Stewart scored the game’s
only goal in a 1-0 win over Richmond’s Total Soccer. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)

VISUAL ART
Surrey Art Gallery: Contemporary
Canadian ceramic art featured in
three exhibits, to March 24; “Full
Circle Art Collective: Intersections,”
exhibit to Feb. 17. Gallery is located
at Bear Creek Park, 88th Ave. near
King George Blvd. Info: 604-501-5566,
www.arts.surrey.ca.
Watershed Artworks gallery
shop: Works by local artists featured
at North Delta facility operated by
non-profit Watershed Artworks
Society, at 11425 84th Ave. Info:
604-596-1029, watershedartworks.ca.
Artist for month of February is Jarnail
Singh with “Rainbow.”

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LONG, Dorothy

September 30, 1927 - January 29, 2013

Dorothy passed away peacefully at Peace
Arch Hospice. Predeceased by her husband
Norman Long. Survived by her children;
Stephanie Legault, Richard Long and Nicki
Averill, grandchildren; Beckie, Jeremy,
Sarah,Emily and John,great-grandchildren;
Jesse, Dawson, Kyle and Hanna.
She is sadly missed and lovingly remembered.
Dorothy and Norman immigrated to Canada from London
England in 1964. Dorothy devoted her life to her family. She
was also a bookkeeper, and a member of the Anglican Church
Women’s Auxiliary. Dorothy had a great sense of humour. Her
love of theatre resulted in a long standing involvement with the
White Rock Players Club.
Many thanks to Dr. Nolte and the staff of Peace Arch Hospice for
their outstanding care.
There will be a Memorial Service at Holy Trinity Church,
15115 Roper Avenue, White Rock on Friday, February 15th
at 2:00PM. A Celebration of Dorothy’s Life will follow in the
church hall.
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Langley School District invites applications for our Casual
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• Individuals must have Grade 10 education supplemented by a Building
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methods and procedures is required.
• Individuals must be able to communicate effectively using courtesy and
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NOTICE is hereby given that
creditors and others having
claims against the Estate of
Lorraine Lucinda Nordin,
Deceased, of 9688 137A Street,
Surrey, BC, who died on February
6, 2012, are hereby required to
send them to Harry Stephen
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the Executors of the Estate of
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before March 25, 2013, after
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the parties entitled thereto, having
regard to the claims of which they
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RE: Estate of Philipp Merk,
deceased, formerly of
102-16275 85th Ave, Surrey, BC
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claims against this estate are
hereby notified under section 38
of the Trustee Act that particulars
of their claims should be sent to
the undersigned executor c/o The
Canada Trust Company, PO Box
10083, 700 West Georgia St, 18th
Floor, Vancouver, BC V7Y 1B6
(attention: Edward Kellof) on or
before March 13, 2013 after
which date the executor will
distribute the estate among the
parties entitled to it, having regard
only to the claims of which she
then has notice.
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by Kay M. Vinall, solicitor

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